PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Green Bay Packers

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.

by jj3325 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 0 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Hard to follow the map here. The Packers bypassed quarterback, wide receiver and other spots to take Maason Smith at the Round 3 slot, a spot they had covered. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They are betting Wright proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In slot 25 they get an island corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 52
They liked Jackson Powers-Johnson enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 2, Pick 9. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 59
Edgerrin Cooper at pick 57 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, wide receiver and other spots to take Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE that was not the priority.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 98
No edge and no loss on Tykee Smith in No. 91; it is a wash and a sensible one. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 129
No drama and no debate, Will Shipley went about where he belonged in slot 125. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 154
Jaylen Wright at the 135th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Jalen Green · S · rank 208
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Green. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 215
Darius Muasau in the Round 6 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 219
By-the-book stuff, J.J. Weaver at the 219th pick squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 249
A straight-up fair deal on Dwight McGlothern at pick 246, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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